OPNET Software To Train Thousands; IT Guru Product Adapted For CCDP, CCDA, and Popular New Networking Textbook.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 OPNET OPNET Operations Network OPNET Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team OPNET Operational New Equipment Training OPNET Optimized Network Evaluation Tool OPNET SMDPS Phase III Operational Network Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), the leading provider of Intelligent Network Management software, today announced that thousands of networking professionals and students around the world will soon be using new versions of OPNET's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , IT Guru, for training in a hands-on "virtual" laboratory. An adapted version of OPNET IT Guru is playing a key role in two Cisco certification A series of programs that provide certification of competency in Cisco networking products. Administered throughout the world at authorized Cisco centers, the various certification levels are offered: CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate programs: Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP CCDP Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP Commission Canadienne des Droits de la Personne (Canadian Human Rights Commission) CCDP Conditional Core Damage Probability CCDP Civilian Competitive Development Program ) and Cisco Certified Design Architect (CCDA CCDA Cisco Certified Design Associate CCDA Christian Community Development Association CCDA California Career Development Association CCDA Central Coast Dressage Association CCDA Cape Cod Dressage Association (Massachusetts) ). A new course in the CCDP curriculum, "Cisco Network Service Architectures," leverages IT Guru to explore the latest developments in network design and technologies from Cisco. The new software allows students to interact with a wide range of network designs in a virtual software environment without maintaining expensive laboratories. "IT Guru is a very valuable tool for demonstrating concepts related to QoS, topology, IP Multicast A one-to-many transmission of data over an IP network. It is used for a myriad of purposes including updating routers, announcing and discovering services and streaming media. IP multicast saves network bandwidth, because packets are transmitted as one stream over the backbone and only , high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , and other design parameters - all the issues related to good design" stated Ray Dooley, Course Director for Global Knowledge, a Cisco Learning Partner. Mr. Dooley added, "It provides an extremely valuable tool for performing 'what if' analyses." The release of this latest course offering from Cisco follows the successful deployment of "Designing for Cisco Internetwork (1) To go between one network and another. (2) A large network made up of a number of smaller networks. Same as "internet" (lower case "i"), not the "Internet" (upper case "I"). See internet. Solutions," part of the CCDA program, which also incorporates IT Guru. Launched in November 2002, more than 60 instructors and 450 students have participated in this training. Thousands of new students are expected to receive training in 2003. In a separate initiative, OPNET today released IT Guru Academic Edition, which will accompany the textbook Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (Third Edition) from Morgan Kauffman Publishers. Authored by Larry Peterson of Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities and Bruce Davie of Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Computer Networks is among the most popular texts in college computing and networking curricula. "Our book will be the first of its kind to leverage sophisticated network profiling and modeling software throughout," indicated Professor Peterson. "I believe very strongly that OPNET's new Academic Edition software will have a big impact on the way students learn fundamental computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. skills in the future," stated Professor Peterson. "We are very pleased with the response from the professional and academic training communities to IT Guru," stated Todd Kaloudis, OPNET Vice President of Business Development & Marketing. Mr. Kaloudis continued, "OPNET is the only company providing a fully-functional 'virtual lab' that can model networks, server systems, and applications realistically. IT Guru technology is now providing students with software-based lab experience for a fraction of the cost of building and maintaining a lab with hardware. In addition, software-based labs provide unprecedented flexibility not possible with a hardware lab environment, allowing students to conduct a vast range of experiments, quickly, and without contending for equipment. As a result, thousands of students will enter the workplace each year with valuable networking knowledge; and also with practical experience using our software to plan and manage IT infrastructures." OPNET has a long tradition of supporting technology education. Thousands of faculty and students from hundreds of universities around the world participate in OPNET's University Program, using OPNET software in their MIS, EE, and CS curricula and research. OPNET has donated millions of dollars in free software to universities in support of cutting-edge teaching and research. About OPNET Technologies, Inc. Founded in 1986, OPNET is the pioneer and leading provider of Intelligent Network Management software. For more information about OPNET and its products, visit www.opnet.com. OPNET, OPNET Technologies, IT Guru, Modeler, and SP Guru are trademarks of OPNET Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. OPNET Technologies, Inc. ("OPNET") assumes no obligation to update statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions based upon information available to OPNET as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties; therefore, actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of risk factors, see OPNET's reports, including its most recent 10-Q and 10-K, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Note to editors: The word OPNET is spelled with all upper-case letters. |
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